"of Mann is now represented by the Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man. Lord of Mann The title Lord or Lady of Mann () is used on the Isle of Man to refer to the island's Lord Proprietor and head of state. The current holder of the title is Elizabeth II. The title is not correctly used on its own. Since 1399, the Kings and Lords of Mann existed in a position of feudality as vassals of the reigning King of England, and subsequently of Great Britain and the United Kingdom, who was the ultimate sovereign of the island."
"Man Purchase Act 1765 and hence ceased to exist separately. King George III became the first British monarch to reign over the Isle of Man as 'Lord of Mann' in 1765. However, for reasons of culture and tradition, the title Lord of Mann continues to be used. For these reasons, the correct formal usage, as used on the Isle of Man for the Loyal Toast, is ""The Queen, Lord of Mann"". The title is now ""Lord of Mann"" regardless of gender. However, during her reign, Queen Victoria was styled as ""Lady of Mann"". The formal Latin style is . In"
"claimed that the island had belonged to the Kings of England for generations and he was merely reasserting their rightful claim to the Isle of Man. From 1405 to 1738 the Isle of Man was controlled by the Stanley family, beginning with Sir John Stanley, who was given the title of King of Mann by Henry IV of England in 1405. The title King of Mann was replaced in 1521 by the title Lord of Mann, held today by the reigning British monarch. During the English Civil War of 1642–1651 James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby, the Lord of Mann"
"King of Mann The King of Mann () was the title taken between 1237 and 1504 by the various rulers, both sovereign and suzerain, over the Kingdom of Mann – the Isle of Man which is located in the Irish Sea, at the centre of the British Isles. Since the emergence of Somerled and his descendants in the 12th century, the Manx kings began to lose territory and power in the Hebrides. Before the reigns of the three sons of Olaf the Black, the Manx kings styled themselves ""King of the Isles"". By the time of the reigns of Olaf's"
"was officially sworn into office on 7 April 2011 at Castle Rushen in Castletown. A question was often posed as to what was the proper title of the chief executive of the island, and whether there were any words in the Commissions of the lieutenant governors which suspended their functions during the presence in the island of the Lord of Mann or a governor of the Isle of Man. Such a question was considered in 1877 by the eminent Manx advocate Sir James Gell, who referred to a search he undertook at the Rolls Office, the results of which are"
"Isle of Man, and HM Government. These are self-governing possessions of the British monarch, through her titles as Duke of Normandy in the Channel Islands and Lord of Mann in the Isle of Man. It processes legislation for Royal Assent passed by the insular legislative assemblies and consults with the Islands on extending British legislation to them. It also ensures that relevant British legislation is extended to the islands smoothly. The Ministers in the Ministry of Justice are as follows: The Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Justice is Richard Heaton, who is by virtue of his office working for"
"as Lords of Mann. Its first recorded use for the promulgation of laws dates to 24 June 1417, when Sir John Stanley presided. The Lieutenant Governor, together with the Sword-Bearer and the officers and members of the Legislative Council, occupy the highest level of the Hill; officers and members of the House of Keys occupy the next level. Other officials are accommodated on the lower levels and at the foot of the mound. A tent covers the top platform. The flag of the Isle of Man flies from the flagpole except when the British Sovereign presides, when the Royal Standard"
"the Islands enjoy independence from the United Kingdom, which, via The Crown, takes care of their foreign relations and defence – although the UK Parliament does have overall power to legislate for the dependencies. However, the islands are neither an incorporated part of the United Kingdom, nor are they considered to be independent or associated states. The Isle of Man does not have a monarch, ""per se""; rather, the British Monarch is, ""ex officio"", Lord of Mann (irrespective of the incumbent's sex). Dependent territories, such as the British overseas territories, are vested with varying degrees of power; some enjoy considerable"
"and an annuity of £2,000 (£5,235,000 and £150,000 respectively in modern terms). By the passage of the Isle of Man Purchase Act 1765 the title of Lord of Mann was revested into the British Crown. It has therefore since been used on the Isle of Man to refer to the reigning Monarch of the United Kingdom. In 1828 all remaining property interests and rights of the Dukes of Atholl on the island were sold to HM Treasury, a department of the British government, for the sum of £417,144, . This was accomplished by two Private Acts of Parliament: The Lord"
"the Isle of Man in certain circumstances the Lieutenant-Governor). In each case, the head of government is referred to as the Chief Minister. ""The Crown"" is defined differently in each Crown Dependency. In Jersey, statements in the 21st century of the constitutional position by the Law Officers of the Crown define it as the ""Crown in right of Jersey"", with all Crown land in the Bailiwick of Jersey belonging to the Crown in right of Jersey and not to the Crown Estate of the United Kingdom. Legislation of the Isle of Man defines the ""Crown in right of the Isle"
"Politics of the Isle of Man The government of the Isle of Man is a parliamentary representative democracy. As a Crown Dependency, it is not subordinate to the government of the United Kingdom. That government, however, is responsible for defence and external affairs and could intervene in the domestic affairs of the island under its residual responsibilities to guarantee ""good government"" in all Crown dependencies. The Monarch of the United Kingdom is also the head of state of the Isle of Man, and generally referred to as ""The Queen, Lord of Mann"". Legislation of the Isle of Man defines ""the"
"John I Stanley of the Isle of Man Sir John Stanley I, KG (–1414) of Lathom, near Ormskirk in Lancashire, was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and titular King of Mann, the first of that name. The Stanley family later gained the title Earl of Derby and remained prominent in English history into modern times. He married a wealthy heiress Isabel Lathom which, combined with his own great abilities, allowed him to rise above the usual status of a younger son. He was the second son of Stourton (son of John de Stanley and Emma Lathom of Lathom, Lancashire.) by his"
"original letters patent having been declared void, the Parliament of England in 1609 under James I passed a Private Act of Parliament entitled ""An Act for assuring and establishing the Isle of Man in the name and blood of William, Earl of Derby"" [(1609) 7 Jac.1 c.4] which established the title in law as ""Lord of Mann"". The lordship was conferred by letters patent dated 7 July 1609 upon William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby. Subsequent succession was under the terms of this grant. Following the resolution of the succession dispute, it was ruled that the daughters of Ferdinando Stanley"
"Attorney General (Isle of Man) The Attorney General () of the Isle of Man is the Government's top legal adviser and has an ""ex officio"" (non-voting) seat in the Legislative Council. The Attorney General is a Crown officer, rather than a member of the Isle of Man Government. He is appointed by the Queen on the advice of the UK Secretary of State for Justice. Her Majesty's Attorney General in the Isle of Man is currently John Quinn QC, who first held the post in an acting capacity until 2017, while Stephen Harding was suspended and after Harding resigned. Harding"
"governor will remain as currently titled. Crown Commissioner Crown Commissioner () was a proposed new title to replace the title of Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man. On 19 October 2005, the Isle of Man's parliament, Tynwald, approved a proposal to change the lieutenant governor's title to to reflect the new role which the governor plays in the government of the Isle of Man. The proposed change was then submitted to the Lord of Mann Elizabeth II for the Royal Assent. In April 2006, however, after much public disapproval, Tynwald rejected the previously approved proposal and withdrew their request"
"(""Guðrøðr, son of the King of Mann""). Although the possibility has been raised that the two sources may refer to the same man, there is no further evidence to confirm it. The Manx Sword of State, a ceremonial sword used at the annual Tynwald Day sittings at St John's, Isle of Man, and whenever the Tynwald sits at the Legislative Chambers in Douglas, Isle of Man, is popularly said to have belonged to Óláfr. The sword, which has a steel blade and inch hardwood hilt, is sometimes said to have been brought back from Spain when Óláfr returned from his"
"of Man is known as Bishop of ""Sodor and Man"". This is because the Isle of Man was part of the Kingdom of Mann and the Isles, which included the Hebrides, known in Old Norse as the ""Suðreyjar"", (anglicised as ""The Sudreys"") i.e. ""Southern Isles"" compared to ""Norðreyjar"" (""The Nordreys""), or the ""Northern Isles"", i.e. Orkney and Shetland. The Sudreys became ""Sodor"", which was fossilised in the name of the Diocese, long after it ceased to have any authority over the Scottish Islands. Thus there is no ""Island"" of Sodor; rather, the fictional island takes its name from an archipelago."
"Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man The Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man ( or ""Lhiass-chiannoort Vannin"") is the British sovereign's official personal representative in the Isle of Man. He has the power to grant royal assent and is styled ""His Excellency"". In recent times the governor has been either a retired diplomat or a senior military officer. No Manx-born person has ever been appointed lieutenant governor, although Manx-born First Deemsters (""ex officio"" deputy governors) have taken on the role temporarily during an interregnum between governors, and during periods when the lieutenant governor is off-island. The official residence"
"is the person commemorated in Manx legend under the name of King Gorse or Orry. He created the Kingdom of Mann and the Isles in around 1079; it included the south-western islands of Scotland until 1164, when two separate kingdoms were formed from it. In 1154, what was later to be known as the Diocese of Sodor and Man was formed by the Catholic Church. The islands which were under his rule were called the ""Suðr-eyjar"" (south isles, in contradistinction to the ""Norðr-eyjar"", or the ""north isles"", i.e. Orkney and Shetland), and they consisted of the Hebrides, and of all"
"Crown in right of the Isle of Man"" as separate from the ""Crown in right of the United Kingdom"". Her representative on the island is the Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man, but his role is mostly ceremonial, though he does have the power to grant Royal Assent (the withholding of which is the same as a veto). Although the Isle of Man is not part of the United Kingdom, its people are British citizens under UK law — there is no separate Manx citizenship. The United Kingdom is responsible for all the island's external affairs, including citizenship, defence,"
"shingle beaches at the northernmost point, the Point of Ayre. The island has one mountain higher than , Snaefell, with a height of . According to an old saying, from the summit one can see six kingdoms: those of Mann, Scotland, England, Ireland, Wales, and Heaven. Some versions add a seventh kingdom, that of the sea, or Neptune. At the 2016 census, the Isle of Man was home to 83,314 people, of whom 26,997 resided in the island's capital, Douglas and 9,128 in the adjoining village of Onchan. The population decreased by 1.4% between the 2011 and 2016 censuses. By"
"Archdeacon of Man The Archdeacon of Man (sometimes incorrectly referred to as ""Archdeacon of the Isle of Man"") is a senior cleric second only to the Bishop of Sodor and Man in the Anglican Diocese of Sodor and Man (which comprises the Isle of Man). This is unusual, as in the Church of England, Deans are usually the senior priests of the diocese. In Sodor and Man, however, the role of the Dean was fulfilled by the Bishop for many years, until becoming distinct again only in October 2011. According to advice given by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Lord"
"the island. He went up to Pembroke College, Oxford in 1978, and graduated in law from the University of Oxford. He was called to the English and Manx Bars in 1984. Andrew Corlett Andrew T.K. Corlett is the current First Deemster and Clerk of the Rolls of the Isle of Man who served as Second Deemster from 2011 to 2018, having previously held the title of Deputy Deemster from 2007. His appointment as First Deemster & Clerk of the Rolls was announced on 10 July 2018. Corlett was a litigation director with the Douglas law firm Simcocks since 2001. He"
"aftermath of 1204. Governments of the Bailiwicks have generally tried to avoid testing the limits of the unwritten constitution by avoiding conflict with British governments. Following the restoration of King Charles II, who had spent part of his exile in Jersey, the Channel Islands were given the right to set their own customs duties, referred to by the Jersey Legal French term as ""impôts"". In the Isle of Man the British monarch is Lord of Mann, a title variously held by Norse, Scottish and English kings and nobles (the English nobles in feudality to the English Crown) until it was"
"29 September 2011. His successor from 9 December 2011 was Allan Bell. On 1 August 2016 Allan Bell announced that he would retire, after 32 years representing Ramsey in the House of Keys, following seven years as a Ramsey Commissioner. His successor, Howard Quayle, took office on 4 October 2016. Chief Minister of the Isle of Man The Chief Minister (Manx: ""Ard-shirveishagh"") is the executive head of the Isle of Man Government. The office derives from that of Chairman of the Executive Council. Before 1980 the Executive Council was chaired by the Lieutenant Governor, but thereafter the chairman was elected"
"Governor of the Isle of Man, the representative on the Isle of Man of the Lord of Mann, currently Queen Elizabeth II, is Government House on Governor's Road. Originally named Bemahague House, the house was leased to Governor Henry Brougham Loch in 1865, and purchased by the Isle of Man Government in 1903 as the official residence for the Sovereign's representative. There are ten Manx Electric Railway stops in Onchan . Onchan Head railway station was the first official stop on the line and served the former White City pleasure grounds. There are also stops at Port Jack, Gandhi (or"
"English Crown in 1399. The lordship revested into the British Crown in 1765, but the island never became part of the 18th-century Kingdom of Great Britain or its successors the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the present-day United Kingdom. It retained its internal self-government. In 1881, the Isle of Man parliament, Tynwald, became the first national legislative body in the world to give women the right to vote in a general election, but this excluded married women. In 2016, the Isle of Man was awarded biosphere reserve status by UNESCO. The Manx name of the Isle of"
"Flag of the Isle of Man The flag of the Isle of Man or flag of Mann () is a triskelion, composed of three armoured legs with golden spurs, upon a red background. It has been the official flag of Mann since 1 December 1932 and is based on the Manx coat of arms, which dates back to the 13th century. The three legs are known in Manx as """" (""the three legs""). The triskelion is an ancient symbol, used by the Mycenaeans and the Lycians. It is not known for certain why the symbol was originally adopted on the"
"sons, the kings had begun to style themselves ""King of Mann and the Isles"". Between 1265 and 1333, Mann was ruled directly by the kings of Scots (1265–1290, 1293–1296, 1313–1317, 1328–1333) or the kings of England (1290–1293, 1296–1313, 1317–1328). On 9 August 1333 Edward III renounced all English claims over the Isle of Man, and recognised it as an independent kingdom under its then King, William Montacute, 1st Earl of Salisbury. William le Scrope, Earl of Wiltshire was the last King of Mann in this line, claiming descent from the House of Godred Crovan, the earlier Norse Rulers. William le"
"Isle of Man. Before its adoption in 1932, the official flag of the Isle of Man was the Union Jack. There is also a civil ensign for the Isle of Man. This flag was first authorised on 27 August 1971. Another Manx flag is the flag of Tynwald, the legislature of the Isle of Man, which has flown outside the Legislative Buildings since 1971. Flag of the Isle of Man The flag of the Isle of Man or flag of Mann () is a triskelion, composed of three armoured legs with golden spurs, upon a red background. It has been"
"Human rights in the Isle of Man The Isle of Man is a Crown Dependency located in the Irish Sea between the islands of Great Britain and Ireland with a population in 2015 estimated to be approximately 88,000. It enjoys a high degree of domestic, legislative and political autonomy through its ancient Parliament Tynwald. By convention, the United Kingdom Government is responsible for the conduct of the international relations and defence of the island. The Isle of Man does not have a written constitution, or a Bill of Rights which sets out its Human Rights. These rights are addressed in"
"sit separately, with the House of Keys originating most legislation, and the Legislative Council acting as a revising chamber. The name Tynwald, like the Icelandic and Norwegian ""Tingvoll"", is derived from the Old Norse word meaning the meeting place of the assembly, the field (vǫllr→wald, cf. the Old English cognate weald) of the ""thing"". Tynwald meets annually on Tynwald Day (normally on 5 July) at an open-air ceremony at Tynwald Hill at St John's. The Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man presides, unless HM The Queen as Lord of Mann, or a member of the Royal Family representing Her"
"least until the death of Alexander III in 1285, as the island was listed among Alexander's heir Margaret, Maid of Norway's future possessions in 1284. The island did not, however, remain in Scottish hands beyond September 1290, when Edward I of England issued decrees to the Manxmen as their ruler. Thereafter England and Scotland struggled for control of the island until 1333, when Edward III of England renounced all English claims over the Isle of Man and recognised William Montacute, 1st Earl of Salisbury as King of Mann. Reasons of state, however, made the Isle of Man a shuttlecock to"